Raising taxes is not the way to help drowning taxpayers

Published
12:00 am EDT, Sunday, August 27, 2017

When a person falls overboard the required regimen is to throw out a life jacket or flotation device to prevent drowning.

It’s fair to ask, what can be done for citizens when they occupy a state that is drowning in debt? Throw them some sort of a lifeline, like lower taxes, for example. Or maybe reduce expenses and unaffordable benefits. How about changing the way you do business?

No, no say the Democrats in Connecticut’s General Assembly. Let’s keep doing what we’ve always done, “work hard and stand up for them,” (meaning these gullible residents). Well, lo and behold, after working hard and standing up for eight months, the Dems have come up with a really novel approach. Get this: RAISE TAXES — and we mean, REALLY raise ’em! Sock it to ’em, big time, on everything.

First, let’s increase the sales tax; then add more fees on cars, hotels, passports, parks, the Department of Motor Vehicles. That one really gets us. And oh yes — make sure we’ve taxed anything else that people need.

And let’s get an added 1 percent on hamburgers. People won’t notice. Half of them don’t even vote.

I have a suggestion on how the Democrats can improve the situation: Stop working so hard. Stop standing up. Sit down, be more contemplative, do something that requires good, sober judgment. Maybe even let the Republicans in on it. How about that?

And, oh yes, if and when you ever do throw we taxpayers a life jacket, make sure it’s not a sandbag!